Harvard board backs Claudine Gay as 'the
right leader to help our community heal'
- but admits her disastrous congress testimony
failed to give an 'unequivocal condemnation'
of anti-Semitism
Posted By: Imright, 12/12/2023 9:12:06 AM
Claudine Gay will remain as Harvard president with the full support of the Ivy League college's governing body, the university's board announced in a statement on Tuesday. The board wrote: 'As members of the Harvard Corporation, we today reaffirm our support for President Gay’s continued leadership of Harvard University. Our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help our community heal and to address the very serious societal issues we are facing. The board acknowledged Gay's mistakes in handling anti-Semitism on campus, adding:
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